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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2016
Filed:
May. 26, 2015
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Paul Kenneth Dellock, Northville, MI (US);
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
James J. Surman, Clinton Township, MI (US);
Cornel Lewis Gardner, Romulus, MI (US);
Noah Barlow Mass, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); B60Q 1/26 (2006.01); B60Q 3/02 (2006.01); B60Q 3/00 (2006.01); B60J 7/00 (2006.01); F21V 9/16 (2006.01); H05B 37/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 3/0213 (2013.01); B60J 7/0007 (2013.01); B60Q 3/008 (2013.01); F21V 9/16 (2013.01); H05B 37/0218 (2013.01); H05B 37/0227 (2013.01); B60Q 3/0293 (2013.01); Y02B 20/46 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sunshade assembly for a vehicle is provided herein. The sunshade assembly includes a housing and a light-producing assembly coupled to the housing. The housing includes a plurality of light sources and a photoluminescent structure configured to be excited by light emitted from the plurality of light sources such that at least a portion of the housing exhibits a luminescent appearance.